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In Reply to: RE: FM Future in the US? posted by bobschneider8 on December 14, 2014 at 10:13:54
Adaptors are easy to make for automobiles. Remember when FM came out and then the team formats. Today we have those little FM transmitters for mp3s, etc. Back in the olden days they even made short wave converters for the car radios. Just fed the outputs through the Motorola jacks and tuned to a frequency. So, old technology.
Seems some auto makers have or are preparing for eliminate fm or even radio from the cars. If it happens and it might starting in another 5 years or so, the entire landscape can change. As for home audio few units are fm only so market impact may not be significant.
The bigger questions for the vintage crowd relates to the collector values of the different equipment formats. Currently receivers compared to integrated amps and separates command some rather insane prices for what ever reason. If the tuners go dead will it devalue receivers in favor of integrated amps and separates.
Whereas currently we are seeing a movement in North America to allow discontinuing over the air television it is not inconceivable as more stations gain market traction over the web they will likewise want to discontinue OTA broadcasting and based on the different rules related to television and radio doing so for radio will be far easier.
Don Brian Levy, J.D.
Toronto ON Canada
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That's an unlikely solution. If the FCC does away with analog FM, it will likely be because they wish to auction off that part of the spectrum and make another butt-ton of cash at the expense of the consumer. If they sell off that spectrum, such FM re-transmitters will be illegal.
I don't think the FM band is very desirable to the wireless people who are the real drivers of govt RF bandwidth auctions. They seem to want the high VHF and UHF frequencies and they tend to get them. So from the govt greed perspective, the current FM band is probably pretty safe. What WILL kill OTA FM (and AM) broadcasting will be internet based radio utilizing streaming and wireless 4G LTE or similar technology for cars. For 2015 or 2016,GM will be offering wireless internet connectivity for some of its high end infotainment systems including the equivalent of a wireless hotspot onboard. If GM is publicizing this feature you can bet all other carmakers are at a similar level of development. When this technology becomes commonplace, OTA broadcasting will fade into irrelevance and disappear for both mobile and stationary apps. I'd guess the transition will occur in ten to twenty years unless some unforeseen technological issue arises......or the public resists it. Since baby boomers are beginning become less important to the markets, I expect it will be the younger generations that will readily adopt a wireless streaming model of radio without hesitation. Since streaming of music is the primary growth area of music distribution today and it's the young generations driving it, the transition has probably already begun.
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